In the excerpt from "The Four Hundred Year Old Woman", by Bharati Mukherjee, the implied meaning that the author is trying to convey in the allusion "all too real Manhattan" is the lively and bustling city. The author is implying that after the many countries in which she has been, she finally feels at home in America. The phantom of the city of her birth Faridpur, and Manhattan have merged, and she feels at home.
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